Prof. Jan Tack
Professor Jan Tack is currently a Head of Clinic in the Department of Gastroenterology, a Professor in Internal Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Professor Jan Tack is also a Principal Researcher in the Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) at the University of Leuven. He is currently one of the top clinical and basic investigators in the field of gastrointestinal motility.
- President, Rome Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Past-President of the European Society of Esophagology
- Past-President Elect of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Professor Jan Tack is currently a Head of Clinic in the Department of Gastroenterology, a Professor in Internal Medicine and Chairman of the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine at the University of Leuven, Belgium. Professor Jan Tack is also a Principal Researcher in the Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders (TARGID) at the University of Leuven. He is currently one of the top clinical and basic investigators in the field of gastrointestinal motility.
- President, Rome Foundation for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Past-President of the European Society of Esophagology
- Past-President Elect of the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus (ISDE)
- Editorial Board, Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility
Professor Jan Tack graduated summa cum laude in 1987 from the Faculty of Medicine, Catholic University of Leuven. Then he specialized in internal medicine and gastroenterology at the same institution. After a research fellow at the Department of Physiology at the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA from 1989 to 1990, he completed his internship and gastroenterologist in training at the University Hospitals of Leuven from 1987 to 1994.
He defended his thesis entitled “The physiology of the enteric nervous system in the gastric antrum of the guinea-pig » in 1992.
In 1995 he became Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Leuven and Head of Clinic in the Department of Internal Medicine, divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in 2002.
Professor Tack won several awards for Basic and Clinical Research in Gastrointestinal Science.
Professor Tack’s research lies in the field of neurogastroenterology and motility. It includes diverse topics such as the pathophysiology and management of gastrointestinal functional and motor disorders (including GERD, FD, gastroparesis, dumping syndrome, chronic constipation and IBS), the physiology and pharmacology of the enteric nervous system, GI hormones and the control of satiation and food intake.
He has published more than 580 articles and 40 book chapters on various aspects of scientific and clinical gastroenterology.
- Rome Foundation Research Institute (https://theromefoundation.org/programs-projects/education-program/professor-jan-tack/)
- University of Leuven, Belgium (https://www.kuleuven.be/wieiswie/en/person/00015849)
Savarino E et al.
Functional bowel disorders with diarrhoea: Clinical guidelines of the United European Gastroenterology and European Society for Neurogastroenterology and Motility.
United European Gastroenterol J. 2022 Jun 13.
Carbone F et al.
Diet or medication in primary care patients with IBS: the DOMINO study - a randomised trial supported by the Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE Trials Programme) and the Rome Foundation Research Institute.
Gut. 2022 Apr 28:gutjnl-2021-325821.
Sperber AD et al.
Worldwide Prevalence and Burden of Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders, Results of Rome Foundation Global Study.
Gastroenterology. 2021 Jan;160(1):99-114.e3.
Van den Houte K et al.
Recent advances in diagnosis and management of irritable bowel syndrome.
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2020 Sep;33(5):460-466.
Simrén M, Tack J.
New treatments and therapeutic targets for IBS and other functional bowel disorders.
Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Oct;15(10):589-605.
Moayyedi P et al.
Irritable bowel syndrome diagnosis and management: A simplified algorithm for clinical practice.
United European Gastroenterol J. 2017 Oct;5(6):773-788.
Prof. Jan Tack’s Microbiota Events
Irritable Bowel Syndrome: an important and yet unknown condition
